Prevarication was finally abandoned and the dreaded task of painting the kitchen began. Without a doubt, it’s the worst room in the house to decorate as there is stuff absolutely everywhere, but it’s all well used and enjoyed so I’m unable to part with any of it. There are glasses on units, ornaments on shelves …
Each year I leave most of my Armageddon taters in the ground to re-grow, but now there are far too many of them crowding each other out, so hubs is kindly digging them up for me. A third of the taters will be replanted as they’re ready to romp away having grown strong shoots, the …
If this plague doesn’t end soon, I’ll end up with numerous living walls indoors. I’m now addicted to trailing Spanish moss, another air plant. It’s so easy to drape it over shelves. It’s also so tactile, I can’t keep my hands off it! Hubs barely notices new plants, but has suddenly started complaining about what …
It’s almost a year since the first UK lockdown, we’re now in our third which has been ongoing since Christmas. The numbers have been dropping dramatically but given the children have returned to school I’m sure cases will rise again. To amuse myself I’ve been buying yet more houseplants online, succulents, a peace lily, a …
While walking I came across the first of the daffodils, they and other spring bulbs are later than last year, maybe the cold spell contributed to the delay. Snowdrops though, are absolutely abundant this year, there are carpets of them lining the waterways and grassy verges. I also spotted a couple of ladybirds amongst them. …
We’ve had fierce sleet showers, yet more torrential downpours, frost and ice. Sadly, several of my neighbours have been flooded and now need the builders in, thankfully, they were insured. Touch wood, we’ve narrowly escaped any flooding damage but the ground won’t hold much more water, and we have had to bail out the courtyard, …
The days may be dark and grim but there is the promise of new blooms as the bulbs begin to emerge, and already there are snowdrops. Everywhere I look delicate green shoots are pushing through the earth and each week it gets a little lighter. Spring is not far away. Viburnum, witchhazel and snow berries …
It’s been another wildly exciting week. The highlights have been finding a rotting carrot in my coat pocket, walking the dogs around the block in the rain each day and washing the shopping. I found myself staring at the endless rain from the lounge window today and was astonished to see no less than eight …
Tillandsias now have me hooked. The kitchen steams up throughout the year when cooking so it’s a perfect environment for air plants. I’ve been after living stone plants for ages. They utterly fascinate me. Here are my recent acquisitions in the blue planter. Now we are in our third national lockdown, I decided that if …
Looking back over 2020, I’ve realised that it wasn’t all bad. Far from it. For me, the worst was not seeing Littl’urchin for three months. Young children simply don’t understand, so it was wonderful being able to see her again once that three month lockdown ended. I’ve tried my hand at many things this year. …
